Lindsey Buckingham
Joan Baez
Posted on 05/28/2008 5:10:29 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
Per popular demand, after the very successful "Who Is Your Favorite Drummer?" thread, here we have a new posting to determine who is your favorite guitarist of all time.
I didnt get into the lady shredders in my previous post but definately glad to see somebody else appreciate Ruyter Suys of Nashville Pussy. If you like a cross between Nugent and Angus with a great rack thrown in (she always performs in a bra/halter) then Ruyter is your girl!
Corey Parks (less the tats) was no slouch either!
I produced an authorized bootleg for the band back in 2002 called “See Something Nasty”, its floating around in the trader circles if you want to look for a copy. I think mine suffers from digital rot already cuz my master wont even copy any longer.
Yes, and they are ALL solid and great drummers with a style, mystique, uniqueness and direction all of their own (Copeland is amazing with his syncopation).
Bun is all of these things, but perhaps in a more subdued and humble way. (Not that the above-mentioned are not humble; I'm just saying that Bun is quite introverted). Cheap Trick hail from Rockford, Illinois -- did WXRT play them much?
I will disagree with the 2 comments that the film “Crossroads” sucked. Great “buddy film” by Walter Hill, only weak part of the story is the romantic angle between Eugene and Francis, otherwise its a great spin on the Robert Johnson/sold my soul to the devil story.
The head cutting scene is probably best musical scene in film.
There has to be thousands of blues fans out there whos introduction to the serious blues was this film. Of course I grew up as a huge Stones/Zepp fan but this movie made me take a look back beyond the music to find its roots and in doing so I was introduced to Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal, Howlin Wolf, T-Bone, Chess Records, on and on and on......
and another great guitarist I havent mentioned or seen mentioned, John Hammond Jr., he was in a great documentary called “The Search For Robert Johnson”
Oooo! Thanks for the reminder. *Digs Through CD Rack* :)
No, The Loop would have done that -- it was the (and a very good) Pop station.
WXRT was "alternative" in the purest, best, late '70's sense of the word. At least it was to my teenage ears.
Yeah, now I'm old enough to wonder what Gil Scott Herrin was really trying to say, for example. But exposure to non-mainstream music and ideas just didn't seem as toxic back in the day. And I really think it wasn't.
Hmmm.... gonna dig deep on a few here:
Dave Gilmour
Rick Nielson
Alex Lifeson
Mike Rutherford
Roger Hodgson
Mark Knopfler
Lindsey Buckingham
Slash
Steve Stevens
I grew up in Puerto Rico, and in the late 70’s and early 80’s we only had one rock station, AlfaRock106.
Luckily, we got MTV right when it started (Aug. 1, 1981) because we had cable TV on the island, so having that channel “saved my life”.
Really?
Roger Hodgson - yes really - but you need to go way back to Supertramp’s very early albums - before the pop stuff.
LOL! Yes, several ultimate road songs are waiting for you in your CD rack.
No remarkable guitar on the very remarkable song, “Even in the quietest moments.”
No, not there - back further - debut album from 1969. Also, some other work to look at - “Waiting So Long” from ...famous last words... album ca 1983. The work from Indelibly Stamped (1970-ish) is also very bluesy.
Forgot also to mention Jeff Lynne.
Remember - thread title is Favorite Guitarists, not best. The best of the bunch I mentioned is probably a tossup between Slash and Mark Knopfler, IMO. But I doubt they are the best overall. It depends a lot on style - many say Hendrix was the best, but given he died so young, its hard to say if he ever reached his full potential. Eddie Van Halen also used to top a lot of lists until people dug into more obscure artists like Satriani, Malmsteen, Buckethead, etc. Add in Chet Atkins, maybe BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Cray, and the list can just go on and on. Hodgson did very well with the constraints of the music - plus he often was relegated to keyboards. Similar with Mike Rutherford, who was a bassist mainly with old Genesis, then taking over fulltime guitar duties later.
“I am glad you remembered Randy California”....vetvetdoug
I saw Spirit in 1969, and totally impressed. Some more I forgot:
Phil Keaggy
Steve Hackett
Frank Zappa
Dave Gilmour
Good point. I'm definitely on my own list, in that case.
You realize, don’t you, than none of the people named so far here are really named that?! That makes for a confusing thread. I mean, who is who? I wish you’d start listing their real names, even if they are Bernie Schwartz, Chandrashekar Patel, Stanley Kowalski or Shmuel Finkelstein.
Lindsey Buckingham
Joan Baez
Just listen to the classical training here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qthCca8B4d4&feature=related
Reinhardt (one of the greats).
Leo Kottke, Chet Atkins, Mark Knopler...and the list goes on and on...
One my favorites now is Tony Yardley....check him out at My Space.
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